I’ve been thinking about York a lot recently and I’m desperate to go back for a weekend trip. When you call a place home for 4 years it really becomes a part of you. #York (at York)
The Brimham Rocks of North Yorkshire, England. These balancing rock formations were created by gradual water and wind erosion. One of the most striking formations is Idol Rock, a massive 200 tonne boulder balanced on a small pyramidal stone.
It’s been a while. Here’s what’s happened in the nearly-one-year since I’ve logged into tumblr:
• I married the man that I met as a 19-year old study abroad student. After five years of countless cross-Atlantic flights, Skype birthdays and holidays, so many tears and so much paperwork…we did the damn thing. IT CAN REALLY WORK, PEOPLE. Trust the timing of your life. If you want to make it work, it will work.
• I moved back to Leeds to live with said man (my husband, it still kind of seems surreal saying that). I’m becoming reacquainted with a city I never thought I’d live in again…but it keeps pulling me back. And I’ve never loved it more.
• I’ve settled into our cute flat in such a great area of Leeds, joined a truly engaging book club (which is so rare), and gotten a great job that takes me to Harrogate, one of my favorite places in Yorkshire, every day. I work in the same town as Bettys so I think I’m doing okay.
• For the first time, I feel like I’m living a really fulfilling adult life. I’m happy and independent and loving the freedom that comes with living in a new country. I feel lucky to have the chance to create a new life here.
It’s just amazing to think that this blog started as a place for me to relate what was a once-in-a-lifetime experience studying in England. And now I’m an expat, making a life here. Life works in such funny ways.
A brief moment of relief as I wait for dissertation edits . . #york #england #englandtourism #englandtrip #yorkshire #unuversity #uni #masters #dissertation #photooftheday #photobooth #photography #buildings #blog #bloggers https://www.instagram.com/p/B1cCwD1F_-F/?igshid=u22sq00197op
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